xiii, 526 pages ; 24 cm

"Arab women's writing in the modern age began with A'isha al-Taymuriya, Warda al-Yaziji, Zaynab Fawwaz, and other nineteenth-century pioneers in Egypt and the Levant. This unique study - first published in Arabic in 2004 - looks at the work of those pioneers and then traces the development of Arab women's literature through the end of the twentieth century, and also includes a meticulously researched, comprehensive bibliography of writing by Arab women. In the first section, in nine essays that cover the Arab Middle East from Morocco to Iraq and Syria to Yemen, critics and writers from the Arab world examine the origin and evolution of women's writing in each country in the region, addressing fiction, poetry, drama, and autobiographical writing." "The second part of the volume contains bibliographical entries for over 1,200 Arab women writers from the last third of the nineteenth century through 1999. Each entry contains a short biography and a bibliography of each author's published works. This section also includes Arab women's writing in French and English, as well as a bibliography of works translated into English." "With its broad scope and extensive research, this book is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in Arabic literature, women's studies, or comparative literature."--Jacket

Includes bibliographical references (pages 521-526)

Lebanon / Yumna al-ʻId -- Syria / Iman al-Qadi and Subhi Hadidi -- Egypt / Hoda Elsadda -- Sudan / Haidar Ibrahim -- Iraq / Ferial J. Ghazoul -- Palestine and Jordan / Radwa Ashour -- Arab North Africa / Mohammed Berrada -- The Arabian Peninsula and the Gulf / Suʻad al-Mana -- Yemen / Hatem M. al-Sager -- Bibliography of works in English / introduced by Ferial J. Ghazoul -- Bibliography of works in French / introduched by Amina Rachid -- Bibliography of works in Arabic

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